Friday Fiction: Blue Sky World
Ever stared outside your window, thinking about all manner of things? What if that sky could invite you to stay for a while?
By Brandon Scott on Sep 1st, 2023
Ever stared outside your window, thinking about all manner of things? What if that sky could invite you to stay for a while?
By Brandon Scott on Aug 2nd, 2023
Luca serves as another reminder of why Pixar has the reputation it does. Yes, stuff like The Good Dinosaur and the Cars franchise unsettled that a little, making it guesswork if the newest Pixar movie will be worth the time, but Luca is worth the time.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 24th, 2023
Nimona hit the media landscape with such explosive power that avoiding spoilers was difficult. A stylized, bombastic, irreverent sci-fi fantasy mashup with an animation style reminiscent of Spider-Verse and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has become a winning combination, practically guaranteed to get the attention of the critic community, and I’m no different. The question of Nimona was when I would review it, not if I would.
By Brandon Scott on Jun 9th, 2023
If you could wish for anything, dear reader, what would it be? And, more importantly, how would you phrase that wish to avoid it backfiring?
By Brandon Scott on May 5th, 2023
After that harrowing multi-part story, we figured it was time for something more lighthearted. A little more whimsical.
By Brandon Scott on Apr 17th, 2023
So, here we are: The end of The Owl House. Perhaps my all-time favorite animated series. I wish the third season had been more, had been an actual season, but this is the next best thing.
By Brandon Scott on Feb 24th, 2023
It’s a new week, and the conclusion is here.
Finally, we get a clue about the fantasy world you don’t want to visit.
By Brandon Scott on Feb 17th, 2023
Well, we’re a little late with this one. But we promised a tale of a fantasy world you don’t want to visit, and now we’ve got it.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 4th, 2023
The School for Good and Evil is a fun fantasy movie with a surprising amount of narrative depth while also being goofy, self-indulgent, and occasionally seriously questionable. I’ll spend some time ragging on it, mostly for its botched train wreck of an ending, but if you want an escapist movie full of fairy tale shenanigans, this has some promise. Read the whole review to see what I mean.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 11th, 2022
We all have idle wonders. Things we think we want to know about other people. But what if, helped by some magic berries, we could discover the truth? How many would you eat? What would you do with the rest?
By D. Alexander on Sep 26th, 2022
Independent filmmaking is an important part of American cinema. Films that aren’t tied to massive budgets or governed by large studios tend to be more free to take risks and explore new possibilities of stories and their telling.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 8th, 2022
Ever taken a leisurely jaunt cycling around the neighborhood? How about the entire planet?